Dec. 3 (UPI) — The owner of a dog sledding team said all nine of his canines survived when their trailer overturned on a Minnesota highway and one of them ran off.
Jack and Kris Christopher, owners of Monticello-based Silent Run Adventures, said they was driving on Interstate 494 in Minnetonka when their trailer overturned about 10 a.m. Saturday.
“The back end came loose on me, corrected, corrected, pretty soon the trailer was moving,” Jack Christopher told WCCO-TV.
He said the trailer essentially split in half.
“The next thing I knew I looked at my side view mirror and I could see plywood and it was the bottom of my trailer,” he said. “Mostly I was worried about the dogs.”
Eight of the dogs remained with the trailer, but one, named Hoss, took off running down the highway.
State troopers, Minnetonka police and firefighters helped keep Hoss safe until he was recaptured by Kris Christopher.
The huskies were transported to a local veterinarian in separate cars — and one, named Rebel, took a ride in the back of a police cruiser.
The Christophers said the dogs do not appear to have been harmed, but will be monitored for the next week to make sure there are no internal injuries.
The couple said they are now raising money to cover veterinary bills and pay for a replacement trailer.